Out Of Our Minds

Optimizing language learning with discriminative algorithms. Led by @dagmardivjak and @petarmilin. Find us on

[Out Of Our Minds @ooominds]

To conclude our @LeverhulmeTrust Research Leadership Award in style, we thought we'd share a sneak peak into the life of an interdisciplinary team working on language learning @petarmilin @RoryApplin @artsatbham @Eng_Lang_UoB @LCAHM_UoB @EDACS_UoB

https://t.co/W93b4OTXTP

[Out Of Our Minds @ooominds]

Here we are, or at least here’s the local half of the team, ready to embark on our annual Xmas lunch, and thinking about our team members far, far away, in the US, China and Japan! Merry Xmas to us all 🎄!

[Dagmar Divjak @dagmardivjak]

New paper out 🎺 introducing process-based measures of automatisation in L2

The elicited imitation task is widely used as a measure of automatized L2 knowledge. However, the scoring of the task relies exclusively on product-based measures (i.e., accuracy of L2 production).

[Out Of Our Minds @ooominds]

Are you curious about using computational models on your research on language, like we do? Sign up for our Summer School NOW ✍️

[MEDAL @medallinguist.bsky.social @MedalLinguist]

The registration for the last #MEDAL #summerschool is open!

This years summer school will take place at @unibirmingham between the 23rd and 27th of June and is about computational linguistics.

The programme can be found on our website!

Hope to see you this summer!🌞

[Out Of Our Minds @ooominds]

Here’s @MackJustyna presenting our aspect training study: our error-correction model predicted faster and smoother learning for a grammar approach and slower and more variable learning for a lexical approach. Which type of learning deals with real language best?

[Dagmar Divjak @dagmardivjak]

If you are a UK Home student who would like to pursue a fully funded PhD with us @ooominds, please get in touch on [email protected]. We are accepting expressions of interest for applications to this year’s AHRC and ESRC doctoral schemes.

[Out Of Our Minds @ooominds]

The paper is Open Access, courtesy of @UoBLibServices.

Data and analysis code are available for download from Ubira and GitHub - follow the link in the paper.

[Out Of Our Minds @ooominds]

New paper now out, Open Access:

A foreign accent protects against being penalised for grammatical errors, depending on personality type

@petarmilin @HuiSunSLA @LeverhulmeTrust @Eng_Lang_UoB @LCAHM_UoB @EDACS_UoB @UoBLibServices @uob_bear

https://t.co/EoqxaQaHMH

[Out Of Our Minds @ooominds]

For an accessible summary go here https://t.co/Twl32TfYu3

[Dagmar Divjak @dagmardivjak]

Wonderful view on the history of corpus linguistics by @MBWaiheke and a reminder for @ooominds that we have allies in the past 🥰

[Justyna MacKiewicz @MackJustyna]

From theory to practice: making sense of eye-tracking data @ooominds lab in preparation for a new @MedalLinguist research study!

[Justyna MacKiewicz @MackJustyna]

This week we are hosting Piia Taremaa from @unitartu as part of @MedalLinguist mentoring initiative. Piaa gave a talk to @ooominds group about her eye-tracking study.

[Out Of Our Minds @ooominds]

One of our team took her expertise off the beaten track and works with a medievalist on using eye tracking to explore how modern readers enable with manuscripts. Congratulations @ShiyuHe1 @artsatbham @LCAHM_UoB

[Dr Shiyu (Celia) He @ShiyuHe1]

Excited to share that the paper I co-authored with Professor Aengus Ward @EstoriadEspanna has been published! 😀🎉 We explore how modern readers engage with medieval manuscripts using eye-tracking technology. Special thanks to @ooominds https://t.co/aTACYUle63

[Out Of Our Minds @ooominds]

Latest paper from our team - and our first registered report - with @LauRomain @petarmilin and @dagmardivjak now out in @_LangLearning, open access! @artsatbham @EDACS_UoB @Eng_Lang_UoB

[Dagmar Divjak @dagmardivjak]

New paper out in @_LangLearning - OPEN ACCESS 🎉

Order effects in Language Learning, with @petarmilin and @LauRomain, funded by @LeverhulmeTrust, examines the effects of order of exposure on second language learners:

[Dagmar Divjak @dagmardivjak]

Congratulations @ashleyrblake ! Being part of your supervisory team was a real pleasure! Wonderful to see the direct link between high-level theoretical work and real-world application #DLD